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Q&A with Simon Willison, Django co-creator and an influential observer of AI software, on copyright concerns over AI, open-source AI models, LLMs, and more (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

    Thomas Claburn / The Register: Q&A with Simon Willison, Django co-creator and an influential observer of AI software, on copyright concerns over AI, open-source AI models, LLMs, and more  —  Code assistance is like having a weird intern who memorized… Read More »Q&A with Simon Willison, Django co-creator and an influential observer of AI software, on copyright concerns over AI, open-source AI models, LLMs, and more (Thomas Claburn/The Register)

    Sources: Reddit is targeting a valuation in the mid-single-digit billions for its planned IPO in March; Reddit raised funds at a $10B valuation in 2021 (Bloomberg)

      Bloomberg: Sources: Reddit is targeting a valuation in the mid-single-digit billions for its planned IPO in March; Reddit raised funds at a $10B valuation in 2021  —  – Firm, advisers considering figure after early investor talks  — Private trades value… Read More »Sources: Reddit is targeting a valuation in the mid-single-digit billions for its planned IPO in March; Reddit raised funds at a $10B valuation in 2021 (Bloomberg)

      Sources: Meta believes Apple’s Vision Pro can reinvigorate its metaverse effort, with the Quest ecosystem filling the role Android played in smartphones (Salvador Rodriguez/Wall Street Journal)

        Salvador Rodriguez / Wall Street Journal: Sources: Meta believes Apple’s Vision Pro can reinvigorate its metaverse effort, with the Quest ecosystem filling the role Android played in smartphones  —  Company executives are optimistic about competition as billions spent have yet… Read More »Sources: Meta believes Apple’s Vision Pro can reinvigorate its metaverse effort, with the Quest ecosystem filling the role Android played in smartphones (Salvador Rodriguez/Wall Street Journal)

        Europe’s blue-chip stocks index Euro Stoxx 50 hits its highest level since 2001, with ASML and SAP, the region’s two biggest tech stocks, leading the charge (Michael Msika/Bloomberg)

          Michael Msika / Bloomberg: Europe’s blue-chip stocks index Euro Stoxx 50 hits its highest level since 2001, with ASML and SAP, the region’s two biggest tech stocks, leading the charge  —  – Rally in megacaps SAP, ASML and LVMH boosts… Read More »Europe’s blue-chip stocks index Euro Stoxx 50 hits its highest level since 2001, with ASML and SAP, the region’s two biggest tech stocks, leading the charge (Michael Msika/Bloomberg)

          Apple has handled its response, including the proposed App Store changes, to the EU’s DMA with aplomb despite the law being an assault on Apple’s brand promise (Steven Sinofsky/Hardcore Software)

            Steven Sinofsky / Hardcore Software: Apple has handled its response, including the proposed App Store changes, to the EU’s DMA with aplomb despite the law being an assault on Apple’s brand promise  —  An essay on the EU Digital Markets… Read More »Apple has handled its response, including the proposed App Store changes, to the EU’s DMA with aplomb despite the law being an assault on Apple’s brand promise (Steven Sinofsky/Hardcore Software)

            Researchers detail the rise of sextortion of young users on TikTok, Instagram, and other apps, driven by Yahoo Boys, an informal West African cybercriminal gang (Lora Kolodny/NBC News)

              Lora Kolodny / NBC News: Researchers detail the rise of sextortion of young users on TikTok, Instagram, and other apps, driven by Yahoo Boys, an informal West African cybercriminal gang  —  “Yahoo Boys” is an informal network of cybercriminals who… Read More »Researchers detail the rise of sextortion of young users on TikTok, Instagram, and other apps, driven by Yahoo Boys, an informal West African cybercriminal gang (Lora Kolodny/NBC News)

              The Biden admin plans to use the Defense Production Act to require companies to inform the Commerce Department when they start training high-powered AI models (Will Knight/Wired)

                Will Knight / Wired: The Biden admin plans to use the Defense Production Act to require companies to inform the Commerce Department when they start training high-powered AI models  —  The Biden administration is using the Defense Production Act to… Read More »The Biden admin plans to use the Defense Production Act to require companies to inform the Commerce Department when they start training high-powered AI models (Will Knight/Wired)

                X plans to build a new “Trust and Safety center of excellence” in Austin, TX, aiming to hire 100 full-time moderators to fight child sexual exploitation content (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

                  Kurt Wagner / Bloomberg: X plans to build a new “Trust and Safety center of excellence” in Austin, TX, aiming to hire 100 full-time moderators to fight child sexual exploitation content  —  – Employees will be full-time, primarily focused on… Read More »X plans to build a new “Trust and Safety center of excellence” in Austin, TX, aiming to hire 100 full-time moderators to fight child sexual exploitation content (Kurt Wagner/Bloomberg)

                  X blocks searches about Taylor Swift as a “temporary action and done with an abundance of caution”, days after explicit AI-generated images of her flooded X (Wall Street Journal)

                    Wall Street Journal: X blocks searches about Taylor Swift as a “temporary action and done with an abundance of caution”, days after explicit AI-generated images of her flooded X  —  Singer’s name yielded error messages Saturday, days after her fans… Read More »X blocks searches about Taylor Swift as a “temporary action and done with an abundance of caution”, days after explicit AI-generated images of her flooded X (Wall Street Journal)

                    Sources: DJ Novotney, an Apple VP of hardware engineering who led work on home devices and helped start Apple’s electric vehicle project, is leaving for Rivian (Bloomberg)

                      Bloomberg: Sources: DJ Novotney, an Apple VP of hardware engineering who led work on home devices and helped start Apple’s electric vehicle project, is leaving for Rivian  —  – DJ Novotney, VP of hardware, helped start Apple’s car project  —… Read More »Sources: DJ Novotney, an Apple VP of hardware engineering who led work on home devices and helped start Apple’s electric vehicle project, is leaving for Rivian (Bloomberg)

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